Category: France O’Grady

The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Frances O’Grady, sent members of parliament a letter, explaining why the unions will not be supporting the final Brexit deal and why they shouldn’t either.

In the letter, O’Grady notes that “after the transition, there is nothing to stop UK workers’ rights failing far behind the rest of Europe.”

Later the TUC leader added: The only employment rights commitments covering our future relationship with the EU are in the non-binding draft Political Declaration. In other words, they aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.”

Her letter received widespread support from Labour MPs and grassroots organisations, who shared it widely on social media.